The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and HSE in partnership with Enterprise Ireland are supporting an information and networking event connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the construction sector as part of the €160m Primary Care Centre PPP programme.

The ‘Meet the Buyer’ series of events takes place on the following dates: Tuesday 15^th, Wednesday 16^th and Friday 18^th September in Dublin, Waterford and Mayo. These free events are open to construction suppliers and enterprises in a wide variety of supply categories. Facilities Management subcontractors with expertise in areas such as planned preventative maintenance and cleaning services are also invited to participate. Through a series of short 5 minute “pitch” meetings, attendees can find out more about the process of becoming a sub supplier.

The project will deliver a network of primary care facilities integrating primary, community and continuing care and social services.

Tuesday 15^th September – Dublin, 8.30am – 2.30pm

Wednesday 16^th September – Waterford City, 8.30am – 10.30am

Friday 18^th September – Claremorris, Co Mayo, 8.30am – 10.30am

The scheme encompasses the design, build, finance and maintenance of 14 primary care centres along with ongoing facility management services. Healthcare services will be managed by Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) after the centres have been constructed.

This is one of the first four European projects earmarked to receive funding through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), an initiative between the European Commission and the European Investment Bank established to stimulate growth and enhance European competitiveness.

The NDFA’s role in this project is as the procuring body and financial adviser for and on behalf of the Department of Health who are the Sanctioning Authority with the HSE as Sponsoring Agency. Overall the NDFA is responsible for delivering €650 million of PPP projects as part of the €2.5b Infrastructure Stimulus Programme announced by the Irish Government in July 2012. This strategic healthcare building project will deliver in the region of 1,200 construction jobs. These projects include the primary healthcare centres, Grangegorman DIT campus, schools and courthouses.

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The consortium Prime Balfour Beatty, consisting of companies including Balfour Beatty Construction, JJ Rhatigan & Company and Aramark, will deliver the 14 Primary Care Centres across Ireland and support the government’s plan to develop modern health services with an integrated, multi-disciplinary model of care.

There will also be an Enterprise Support zone at the event, where attendees can access information on business supports through the Local Enterprise Office network and Enterprise Ireland. The Department of Social Protection will provide delegates with information on the Pathways to Work initiative (including the Jobs Ireland Services) and check eligibility for the JobsPlus scheme. Other participants in the Business Support Zone include the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI).

The fourteen Primary Care Centres will be built across 14 sites in 10 counties in locations across Ireland.

HSE Region	Location
HSE West	Ballymote, Co. Sligo
	Boyle, Co. Roscommon
	Claremorris, Co. Mayo
	Westport, Co. Mayo
	Tuam, Co. Galway
	Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
	Limerick City, Lord Edward Street
HSE South	Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
	Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
	Waterford City, Co. Waterford
	Wexford Town, Co. Wexford
HSE Dublin (Mid-Leinster)	Kilcock, Co. Kildare
HSE Dublin (North East)	Dublin Inner City (Summerhill)
	Coolock/Darndale, Dublin

Construction is expected to commence in Q4 2015, with delivery of the first Primary Care Centre due for delivery in Q1 2017 and the final Centre due for delivery in Q4 2017.

All Primary Care centres identified will include accommodation for Primary Care Team services including General Practitioner (GP) services. In addition a number of centres will include a wider range of community based services, such as dental services, community mental health services, child and adolescent mental health services, early intervention teams, and Doctor on call services. There will be no pharmacies on these sites.

NDFA Director, Brian Murphy, said:

“The NDFA is proud to be a part of these events which aim to support local SMEs to participate in major public sector construction projects. They are great networking opportunities as local businesses have the opportunity to meet and pitch their business directly to the preferred tenderer, in this case Prime Balfour Beatty, who will deliver the 14 Primary Care Centres being developed as part of this €160m Primary Care PPP”.

EI CEO Julie Sinnamon, said:

“Enterprise Ireland’s ‘Meet the Buyer’ events are a proven element of our approach to widening the access for Irish sub-supply companies to lucrative contracts within the public sector. We would strongly encourage Irish construction suppliers and enterprises to attend one of the three free events in this series, to learn from the ‘5 minute pitch meetings’ and to visit the Enterprise Zone to find out about possible business development supports.

The hosting of these events in three different regions (Dublin, Waterford and Mayo) is indicative of Enterprise Ireland’s regional development priorities and also the Government’s Regional Action Plan for Jobs, launched in February 2015, both aimed at encouraging communities and agencies in each region to work together to support regional job creation”.

Construction Joint Venture Director, Ger Ronayne, said:

“Participation at the ‘Meet the Buyer’ events for the Primary Care Centre PPP project is impressive; as is the extent of the supply chain categories represented. Promoting supply chain opportunities to SMEs and social enterprises can offer a boost to regional economies and can provide an opportunity to network with other suppliers. Maximising business potential and building relationships with supply chain partners and buyers is mutually beneficial for all involved”.

HSE’s National Director of Primary Care, John Hennessy, added:

“In 2014, more than half of the HSE’s total health expenditure on operational services is in the community healthcare sector. This sector is significant and the reform of these structures will facilitate a move towards a more integrated healthcare system, improving services for the public by providing better and easier access to services, services that are close to where people live, more local decision making and services in which people can have confidence. The fourteen sites being developed are part of this initiative”.

Indicative Supply Categories on the Primary Care Centres are as follows:

Access Controls	Fire prevention /maintenance suppliers	Pest control companies
Aggregates	Fire rated doors (Timber, steel, x-ray, composite)	Piling
Air handling unit	Fire rated Glazed partitions	Plant Hire
Artists	Fire stopping & Fire protection.	Plumbing Supplies
Asbestos Removal	Fitted Furniture suppliers & fitters	Precast Concrete
Audio Visual	Floor coverings	Precast Contractor Floors & Structures
Balustrading, hand railing and gate fabricators	Flooring & Tiling Contractors	Radon Protection
Block Suppliers	Formwork	Rainwater Harvesting & Disposal Systems
BMS Control contractors	General Building Merchants	Remote Monitoring Centres
Boiler suppliers/Biomass	Glass Coatings	Roadwork and road marking
Brick & Blocklaying	Glazing / Rooflights Contractors	Roof lights
Brise Soleil subcontractors	Ground water control	Roofing (tiled, slate, built up, green)
Car park systems	Groundworks /Earthworks Contractors	Sanitary Ware / Sanitary Ware Accessories
Carpentry Contractors	Health and Safety Equipment (PPE)	Scaffolding
CCTV suppliers	Hygienic Cladding	Screeding
Ceilings	ICT Contractors (cabling only)	Security companies
Cladding (Wall & Roof)	Insulation	Signage suppliers
Cleaning contractors	Intruder alarm suppliers	Site Perimeter & Fencing suppliers & contractors
Cleaning Supplies companies	Ironmongery	Site Testing
Commissioning engineering	Joinery Supply (door frames, timber screens, trims)	Specialist Rendering Systems (Plastering)
Concrete contractors with shuttering and steel fixers for Structure	Kitchen Equipment (Catering & Domestic)	Steel Reinforcement supply and fabrication
Concrete contractors with shuttering crew for pads and foundations	Landscaping	Stone Stone Suppliers
Concrete Cutting & Coring	Lightening protection	Structural Precast Concrete
Crane Hire	Lighting Equipment	Structural Steel
Curtains & Curtain Rails	Louvres	Surfacing – Asphalt/bitmac
Demolition	Mechanical Contractors	Suspended Ceilings
Dental	Mechanical Ducting installation	Sustainable Energy Suppliers
Drainage	Metal Stud Partitions	Temporary Canteen Facilities
Electrical Contractors	Metalwork (Architectural, Balustrading, Stairs, Stainless steel)	Temporary Electrical Contractors.
Façade subcontractors	Moveable / Folding Wall sub-contractors	Timber Frame
Facilities Management  Services	Painting Contractors	Traffic Management
Facility maintenance subcontractors	Passenger Lift Contractors	Waste Water Treatment
Fall Arrest	Patient Hoist subcontractors	WC/Shower Cubicle/IPS/Fitted Furniture subcontractors
Fire alarm installation.	Paving Subcontractors	Windows Window Cleaning Companies